As the saying went, with grain in hand, the heart knew no panic.
Time swiftly passed. Having returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, Lin Tian and the monkey continued their separate paths of cultivation.
On this day, however, something suddenly stirred in Lin Tian's heart.
At that moment, Lin Tian understood that his greatest opportunity and fortune was about to descend upon him.
And this fortune that belonged to Lin Tian-
Was none other than his Spirit Vine True Self. The consciousness of his Original Self, from the Primordial World in the Spirit Vine True Self's plane, was about to enter this plane's Primordial World and merge with him.
For a moment, Lin Tian's heart filled with utter delight.
His efforts in this plane's Primordial World had not been in vain. He had led this monkey through thorns and brambles, swiftly advancing to their present position.
And now, this monkey could also walk the unique path of Lin Tian's Spirit Vine Dao Lineage.
Although Lin Tian had entered this plane's Primordial World and joined the monkey in becoming a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, an avatar of Daoist Zhunti.
The Journey to the West Heavenly Calamity was the most profound immeasurable calamity since the Primordial World's World-Opening, and the one that would change it most thoroughly.
Naturally, Lin Tian could not simply replace the monkey under his title of Vine Dao Venerable.
Nor could he directly enter this immensely influential plane-wide calamity, whose karma was so difficult to alter, and turn this immeasurable calamity into a foundation for his Spirit Vine Dao Lineage, making it the domain of Lin Tian's lineage.
Thus, within this plane's Primordial World, he had to bind himself directly to the most important figure destined to face the Journey to the West Calamity: Sun Wukong, the Spiritual Bright Stone